Camellia

The Royal Horticultural Society speaks of the camellia in rather glowing terms:

Among the most glamorous shrubs, camellias are upright or spreading, glossy-leaved evergreens, with white, pink or red flowers. Impressive in shrub borders, they are also ideal for containers and you can also grow them more informally in light woodland beneath deciduous trees.

Some of this effusive language ought to be applied to the Christian: he should be ‘upright’, ‘spreading’ his faith, ‘impressive’, ‘growing’ and loving the light. Very few, however, may currently be described as glamorous: 'not many mighty, not many noble' (1 Cor. 1:26). One day, however, and even that description shall be appropriate:

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3

So keep flowering.

A D